Report predicts volunteering rates are set to decline with aging workforce and city competition

Eliza Wynn
February 27 2019 - 12:00pm
Shortage predicted: A report released by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has predicted that organisations utilising volunteers will further continue to struggle with numbers. Photo: Angie Roe Photography.
Shortage predicted: A report released by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has predicted that organisations utilising volunteers will further continue to struggle with numbers. Photo: Angie Roe Photography.

Despite more than 50 per cent of people in rural communities volunteering, organisations relying on volunteers are facing shortages and burnout, according to a report released by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre.

Eliza Wynn

Eliza Wynn

Journalist

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